Ironshore International Ltd. on Monday said it has named former Catlin Singapore Pte. Ltd. executive Hui Yun Boo to the newly created position of managing director of the Asia-Pacific region, effective March 2.

CHICAGO — As the insurance sector continues to change and fragment, young people entering the industry have great prospects if they are prepared to specialize and work hard, said Patrick G. Ryan, chairman and CEO of Ryan Specialty Group L.L.C.

Monica J. Lindeen is 2015 president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. She serves as Montana's commissioner of securities and insurance, a position to which she was first elected in 2008 and re-elected to a second term in 2012. She previously served in the Montana House of Representatives. Ms. Lindeen recently spoke to Business Insurance Senior Editor Mark A. Hofmann about...

David Ross has been appointed CEO of Sierra Investment Holdings Ltd., the portfolio company set up by private investment firm Highbridge Principal Strategies to invest in London-based brokerage consolidator Towergate Group P.L.C., Highbridge announced Tuesday.

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Chris O'Kane has been group CEO of Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. since founding the Hamilton, Bermuda-based company in 2002. Last year, he lead Aspen's successful effort to thwart a $3.2 billion hostile takeover bid from Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. He recently sat down with Business Insurance Associate Editor Matthew Lerner to discuss the company's challenges and the reinsurance sector in...